11 Comments

  1. Peggy
    June 17, 2012 @ 2:50 am

    I love this post, whenever I smell the smoke from a wood fireplace I think of when I was a very young kid, playing in the snow near dusk.

  2. Annie
    September 15, 2011 @ 9:00 am

    Kelly’s is in the Newtown neighborhood of Sydney. Old favorite. 🙂

  3. Annie
    September 4, 2011 @ 4:52 am

    I love this post! It’s so true all the things that can remind you of a place. I walked into an old favorite pub in Sydney the other night and even though it was probably just “pub smell” in my mind it was that familiar “Kelly’s Pub smell”. Brought me back to two years ago!

    • Andrew
      September 14, 2011 @ 8:52 pm

      Pub smell is awesome (as long as it isn’t cigarette laden.) The smell of wood and beer is nice. Where is Kelly’s? Our local is called O’Kellys.

  4. Sheila
    September 2, 2011 @ 2:26 pm

    I agree, scent is definitely a trigger of memories. Freshly cut grass and the smell of wet soil remind me of our old home when I was still a kid.

  5. Andrea
    August 29, 2011 @ 10:13 pm

    Sometimes, usually smaller places like homes and shops but I can’t wait to smell these scents when I finally get to Germany next month!

    • Andrew
      September 14, 2011 @ 8:51 pm

      Oo.. where are you going to be in Germany?

  6. Jonathan
    August 28, 2011 @ 7:28 pm

    The smell of stale air combined with the typical smell of electric motors and ozone reminds me of the metro in Paris or the tube in London.

    • Andrew
      September 14, 2011 @ 8:50 pm

      Yeah. Although Paris always smells of pee when I went through. Don’t remember so much about London smells.

  7. travelmaus
    August 27, 2011 @ 6:36 pm

    Whenever I smell diesel fumes from trucks or cars, I have to think of the small villages in Germany with their narrow cobblestone streets and the trucks on those streets. We don’t smell much diesel in Canada ! And on a brighter note.. the bakeries and the fresh breakfast buns!!!

    • Andrew
      September 14, 2011 @ 8:48 pm

      Diesel fumes is kind one of mine too. Definitely breakfast stuff.